Neðri
Old Norse Dictionary - neðri
Meaning of Old Norse word "neðri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- neðri
- adj., compar. neðarri, Stj. 76, nether, lower, Lat. inferior; superl. neðstr or neztr, nethermost, lowest, undermost; á neðra stræti, Fms. ix. 24; í Tungu inni neðri, Fs.; inn neðra hlut, Eg. 101; Galilea in efri ok in neðarri (neðri, v. l.), Stj. 76; in neðri leið, in the nether world, O. T. 45; neðri bygðir, the nether world, i. e. hell: the neut. it neðra, adv. underneath; var ljóst it efra en dimmt it neðra, Vígl. 40: the nether part, fagrrauðr it neðra, Fas. i. 172; sumir brjóta borgar-vegginn it neðra, Al. 11; Þórr ferr it neðra, Edda; hann samnaði mönnum hit neðra um Mýrar, Ísl. ii. 168; hinn nezti hlutr trésins, Hkr. i. 71; í enu nezta helvíti, Fms. ii. 137; neztu smugur helvítis, Skálda 605.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- neut.
- neuter.
- superl.
- superlative.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)